Bear McCreary
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 17, 1979 (age 47)
- Birthplace
- Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Biography
Emmy Award winning composer Bear McCreary was first launched into pop culture with his groundbreaking score to the hit series Battlestar Galactica, that was lauded by Variety as “the most innovative music on TV today.” It “fits the action so perfectly, it’s almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other” (NPR). Io9.com ranked McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of All Time, and recently WIRED Magazine declared him one of only five “Secret Weapons” of the television industry. McCreary was recently voted “Composers’ Choice Composer of the Year – Television” by his peers in ASCAP, the first award of its kind. Bear has conducted orchestral performances of his music throughout North America and Europe, appearing at Fimucité in Tenerife, and the International Film Music Festival in Úbeda, Spain. In July 2014, his music was performed by the L.A. Philharmonic and L.A. Master Choraleat the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Attending the prestigious Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Bear completed degrees in composition and recording arts. However, his professional training came from film music legend Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mocking Bird). Bear was one of Bernstein’s select protégés, and learned the tools of the trade working with and orchestrating for the maestro. Bear spent his childhood immersed in film and television music; he is delighted now to contribute back to the genres that inspired him.
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Filmography
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goodbye, Monster
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil's Mouth
Movie · Original Music Composer
M.I.A.
TV · Original Music Composer · 9 eps
Drop
Movie · Original Music Composer
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
TV · Original Music Composer · 20 eps
Imaginary
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Walking Dead: The Return
Movie · Music
The 4:30 Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
We Never Smiled in the 90’s
Movie · Music
Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 Movie
Movie · Music
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TV · Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer · 5 eps
We Have a Ghost
Movie · Original Music Composer
Splinter
Movie · Music Score Producer
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 8 eps
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
Call Me Miss Cleo
Movie · Music
Last Seen Alive
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV · Original Music Composer · 24 eps
The Witcher: Blood Origin
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Halo
TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 8 eps
This Game's Called Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
TV · Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer · 10 eps
Fund the Bat
Movie · Music
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fantasy Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ava
Movie · Original Music Composer
Freaky
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dark Tower
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Movie · Original Music Composer
Snowpiercer
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Eli
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rim of the World
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Professor and the Madman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · Original Music Composer
Happy Death Day 2U
Movie · Original Music Composer
Child's Play
Movie · Original Music Composer
Proven Innocent
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
See
TV · Original Music Composer · 24 eps
The Shadow Hours
Movie · Music
Tau
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pooka!
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cloverfield Paradox
Movie · Original Music Composer
Animal Crackers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hell Fest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Welcome Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Still See You
Movie · Original Music Composer
Unrest
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Rebel in the Rye
Movie · Original Music Composer
Colossal
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Revolt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Happy Death Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
Victor Crowley
Movie · Music Score Producer
A Holliston Halloween
Movie · Music
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
10 Cloverfield Lane
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Forest
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Boy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Digging Up the Marrow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Everly
Movie · Original Music Composer
Knights of Badassdom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Outlander
TV · Original Music Composer · 101 eps
Black Sails
TV · Original Music Composer · 38 eps
Intruders
TV · Music · 8 eps
Constantine
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
Europa Report
Movie · Original Music Composer
Defiance
TV · Original Music Composer · 38 eps
Da Vinci's Demons
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV · Music · 136 eps
The Asset
Movie · Original Music Composer
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
Movie · Original Music Composer
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
TV · Music · 10 eps
Chillerama
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cape
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Black Mirror
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
Step Up 3D
Movie · Original Music Composer
Human Target
TV · Music · 12 eps
The Walking Dead
TV · Original Music Composer, Music Producer · 177 eps
Caprica
TV · Original Music Composer · 18 eps
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
TV · Music, Original Music Composer · 1 ep
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rest Stop
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eureka
TV · Music · 65 eps
Battlestar Galactica
TV · Original Music Composer · 73 eps
Periphery, Texas
Movie · Music